back in black,42 million records sold worldwide!

[MichiMikey]

...the black album ...

AHHHH...the beginning of the end.

 

[max]

i have never met a kenny G fan in my life, so where are all those millions fans who buy his albums?????

Top-Selling Record Albums of All Time

28 Million

* Eagles Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975, Eagles (Elektra)

26 Million

* Thriller, Michael Jackson (Epic)

23 Million

* The Wall, Pink Floyd (Columbia)

22 Million

* Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin (Swan Song)

21 Million

* Greatest Hits Volumes I & II, Billy Joel (Columbia)

19 Million

* Back in Black, AC/DC (Elektra)
* The Beatles, The Beatles (Capitol)
* Come On Over, Shania Twain (Mercury Nashville)

18 Million

* Rumours, Fleetwood Mac (Warner Bros.)

17 Million

* The Bodyguard (Soundtrack), Whitney Houston (Arista)

16 Million

* Boston, Boston (Epic)
* Cracked Rear View, Hootie & the Blowfish (Atlantic)
* Hotel California, Eagles (Elektra)
* Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (Maverick)
* No Fences, Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)
* The Beatles 1967–1970, The Beatles (Capitol)

15 Million

* Appetite for Destruction, Guns 'N Roses (Geffen)
* Born in the U.S.A., Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)
* Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd (Capitol)
* Greatest Hits, Elton John (Rocket)
* Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin (Swan Song)
* Saturday Night Fever (Soundtrack), Bee Gees (Polydor/Atlas)
* The Beatles 1962–1966, The Beatles (Capitol)
* Double Live, Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)

14 Million

* Backstreet Boys, Backstreet Boys (Jive)
* Bat Out of Hell, Meat Loaf (Epic)
* Ropin' the Wind, Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)
* Supernatural, Santana (Arista)

13 Million

* . . .Baby One More Time, Britney Spears (Jive)
* Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Live 1975–1985 (Box set), Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band (Columbia)
* Millennium, Backstreet Boys (Jive)
* Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince and the Revolution (Warner Bros.)
* Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits, Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia)
* Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston (Arista)

12 Million

* Abbey Road, The Beatles (Capitol)
* Breathless, Kenny G (Arista)
* Forrest Gump (Soundtrack) (Epic)
* Hysteria, Def Leppard (Mercury)
* II, Boyz II Men (Motown)
* Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits, Kenny Rogers (Capitol Nashville)
* Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin (Atlantic)
* Metallica, Metallica (Elektra)
* No Jacket Required, Phil Collins (Atlantic)
* Slippery When Wet, Bon Jovi (Mercury)
* The Woman in Me, Shania Twain (Mercury Nashville)
* Yourself or Someone Like You, matchbox twenty (Atlantic)
* Hot Rocks, The Rolling Stones (abkco)

11 Million

* Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. II, Eagles (Elektra)
* Candle in the Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight (Single), Elton John (Rocket)
* CrazySexyCool, TLC (LaFace)
* Dirty Dancing (Soundtrack) (RCA)
* Houses of the Holy, Led Zeppelin (Atlantic)
* James Taylor's Greatest Hits, James Taylor (Warner Bros.)
* No Strings Attached, 'N Sync (Jive)
* Pieces of You, Jewel (Atlantic)
* Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles (Capitol)
* Ten, Pearl Jam (Epic)
* Titanic (Soundtrack) (Sony Classical)
* Wide Open Spaces, Dixie Chicks (Monument)
* Falling into You, Celine Dion (550 Music)

10 Million

* 1984 (MCMLXXXIV), Van Halen (Warner Bros.)
* Aerosmith's Greatest Hits, Aerosmith (Columbia)
* Best of the Doobies, Doobie Brothers (Warner Bros.)
* Can't Slow Down, Lionel Richie (Motown)
* Daydream, Mariah Carey (Columbia)
* Devil Without a Cause, Kid Rock (Lava)
* Dookie, Green Day (Reprise)
* Eliminator, ZZ Top (Warner Bros.)
* Faith, George Michael (Columbia)
* Human Clay, Creed (Wind-Up Records)
* Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin (Atlantic)
* Legend, Bob Marley & the Wailers (Island)
* Let's Talk About Love, Celine Dion (550 Music/Epic)
* Life After Death, Notorious B.I.G. (Bad Boy/Arista)
* Like a Virgin, Madonna (Sire)
* Music Box, Mariah Carey (Columbia)
* 'N Sync, 'N Sync (RCA)
* Nevermind, Nirvana (DGC)
* Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em, Hammer (Capitol)
* Tapestry, Carole King (Ode)
* The Hits, Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)
* The Immaculate Collection, Madonna (Warner Bros.)
* The Joshua Tree, U2 (Island)
* The Lion King (Soundtrack) (Walt Disney)
* Tragic Kingdom, No Doubt (Trauma/Interscope)
* Unplugged, Eric Clapton (Reprise)
* Van Halen, Van Halen (Warner Bros.)
* Fly, Dixie Chicks (Monument)

9 Million

* Escape, Journey (Columbia)
* All Eyez on Me, 2 Pac (Death Row/Polygram)
* Big Willie Style, Will Smith (Columbia)
* Brothers in Arms, Dire Straits (Warner Bros.)
* Cooleyhighharmony, Boyz II Men (Motown)
* Footloose, (Soundtrack) (Columbia)
* Garth Brooks, Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)
* Great Band Era, Various (Reader's Digest Music)
* Hi Infidelity, R.E.O. Speedwagon (Epic)
* John Denver's Greatest Hits, John Denver (RCA)
* Licensed To Ill, Beastie Boys (Def Jam Records)
* Mariah Carey, Mariah Carey (Columbia)
* Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness, Smashing Pumpkins (Virgin Records)
* Oops! . . .I Did It Again, Britney Spears. (Jive)

 

[max]

how can AC/DC be 2nd biggest selling at 42 million when the biggest selling is at 28 million?????

 

[mrthrax]

Eagles' greatest hits (a double album) has to have sold more than Back in Black. Each sale counts as two...[/QUOT

hmmm,was it sold like gnr use your illusions???

i dont think so dude so an australian band holds second place on the planet!!!

 

[mrthrax]

how can AC/DC be 2nd biggest selling at 42 million when the biggest selling is at 28 million?????

i am pretty sure i said worldwide,42 million worldwide!!!

as someone previously said michael jacsons thriller sold 45 million worldwide! which would be first place

 

[DarbysDad]

The Eagles Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975 is a single album. and Who was so stoned they bought all those Hootie and the Blowfish albums.